The YKK Group as a global company in Poland

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2 The YKK Group as a global company in Poland Yuji Noguchi Factory Director of YKK Poland Sp. z o.o. The YKK Group is a Japanese group of manufacturing companies. As the world s largest fastener/zipper manufacturer, the YKK Group is most famous for making slide fasteners; however we also manufacture other fastening products and architectural products. And we manufacture not only those products but also the industrial machinery for producing them (Fig. 1). Fig. 1. The structure of the YKK Group Source: This is YKK 2014 (YKK Corporation), p. 5

3 90 Yuji Noguchi Our Management structure is global. Manufacturing is done by the Fastening Products and Architectural Products Business Groups, with support provided by the Machinery and Engineering Group. We currently do business in 71 countries/regions worldwide, based on a geographical management structure divided into six blocs: 1) North and Central America; 2) South America; 3) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); 4) China, 5) Asia, and 6) Japan. This regional approach enables us to adapt to the characteristics of each region to further expand our businesses. Our worldwide sales, marketing, and customer services are handled by these six geographical block organizations (Fig. 2). Fig. 2. The Six-Region Management Structure of the YKK Group Source: This is YKK (2014), YKK Corporation, p. 4 As for our EMEA group, it consists of 38 countries and 28 companies. The number of employees total about 2,600 persons, which include about 80 Japanese expatriates (Fig. 3). Our first operating company in EMEA was the YKK Nederland established in 1964, and since that time we have been constantly increasing the number of operating companies. Regarding the V4 countries, we have two companies YKK Poland established in 1996, and YKK Czech established in The main factories in EMEA are YKK Turkey, YKK Italy, YKK Spain and so on; the factories in V-4 belong to the smaller factory group, relatively speaking (Fig. 4).

4 The YKK Group as a global company in Poland 91 YKK EMEA Group 38 countries, 29 companies (Language: about 20) Number of Employees: 2,600 ppl (Japanese Expatriate: About 80 Local Staff: About 2,500) Fig. 3. The outline of the YKK EMEA Group Source: unpublished material compiled at YKK Europe Ltd. Fig. 4. YKK EMEA Group Operation history Source: unpublished material compiled at YKK Europe Ltd.

5 92 Yuji Noguchi As for YKK Poland, the first operation started as a representative office of YKK Germany in Because the operating results were so good, the independent company YKK Poland was established in Since it was growing year by year, headquarters decided to open a factory in Poland. The factory of YKK Poland was launched in 2001 and expanded in The land area is 30,000 m 2 and the building area is 13,000 m 2. It numbers about 160 employees, 120 of whom belong to the slide fastener production. It is located in the town of Mszczonow, 45 km from Warsaw and 90 km from Lodz. Our products are provided for the domestic market such as textile industries, German CMT business, Furniture, Jeans, Shoes, Automotive etc. and also exported to Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, and the post-soviet countries. Fig. 5. Outline of YKK Poland Source: unpublished material compiled at YKK Poland Sp. z o.o. Fig. 6. Location of YKK Poland Source: unpublished material compiled at YKK Poland Sp. z o.o.

6 The YKK Group as a global company in Poland 93 Why did YKK decide to invest in Poland? In order to get into the domestic market by improving the service level. In order to get into the export business from Poland to Western Europe (Poland was the No.1 export country for Western Europe at that time). Business growth was very good as a sales office. Comparatively cheap labor costs. Why did we chose Mszczonów? Good location to access. It was one hour to the airport and a highway was planned. Good environment for our production. It s a good location for hiring stable operators from the surrounding towns because there were no other light industry factories in the neighbouring area. Attractive preparation as an industrial park. For example, we can connect directly to the wastewater treatment facility of the local authorities. What are the results of this investment? Sales to the domestic market have been continuously growing. Although the export base of light industry for Western Europe has already shifted from Poland to the other countries, Poland has become an important place in order to aim at the Eastern market. We have built up some new areas of business, such as automotive, furniture, and shoes in these 13 years of operation, and they are continuously growing. The infrastructure is becoming better and better, as we expected. In conclusion, we are successfully operating and remain positive about future business. We may say that our decision to invest here in Mszczonow, which is close to Lodz, was a great success! Streszczenie YKK to japońska grupa przedsiębiorstw przemysłu przetwórczego. Jest największym i najbardziej znanym w świecie producentem zamków błyskawicznych ponad 90% globalnej podaży. Oprócz ekspresów firma

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